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State Capitol reporter | Minnesota state government/politics

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Nation's racial legacy shapes Minnesota's voter ID debate

Both sides campaign by laying claim to furthering Voting Rights Act.

Updated: October 24, 2012, - 05:32 AM

Handful of races could decide control of Legislature

Republicans have narrow majorities in both bodies for the first time in nearly four decades.

Updated: October 16, 2012, - 08:45 AM

Photo ID amendment: Fraud buster or expensive boondoggle?

Two vocal and high-profile Republicans traded barbs Tuesday on the contentious plan to require a photo ID for Minnesota voters, raising the dueling specters of widespread fraud and runaway expenses.

Updated: October 10, 2012, - 05:37 AM

53 percent say Dayton is doing good job

After two years of budget battles, vetoes and the longest state shutdown in Minnesota history, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton is winning the popularity battle with the GOP-controlled Legislature, a Star Tribune Minnesota Poll has found.

Updated: September 27, 2012, - 11:05 PM

Minnesota Poll: More than half back voter ID, but support is down

Minnesotans favor a constitutional change that would require voters to show a photo ID, but support has weakened dramatically over the past year.

Updated: September 26, 2012, - 01:13 PM

State Supreme Court takes Gauthier, DFL-Duluth, off ballot

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered that the name of DFL state Rep. Kerry Gauthier of Duluth, who was involved in a sex scandal with a 17-year-old boy this summer, be removed from the general election ballot.

Updated: September 25, 2012, - 08:53 PM

Hotdish Politics: High court incumbents on 66-year win streak

Decisions handed down decades ago are everything at the Minnesota Supreme Court, but three current justices do not want to cite the precedent of former Justice William Christianson.

Updated: September 23, 2012, - 07:50 AM

NYC Penn Station observes moment of silence

Police and firemen gathered for a moment of silence at NYC's Penn Station Tuesday on the anniversary of the 9/11...

Updated: September 11, 2012, - 09:09 AM

Strict photo ID requirement could hit 215,000 Minnesota voters

The elderly, poor and students are among those most affected by a strict photo ID requirement, such as is being proposed in a constitutional amendment this November.

Updated: September 08, 2012, - 10:09 PM